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Harvesting & Bottling Honey – August 2025

Harvesting honey from my backyard bee hives.

Honey Harvesting – August 2025

Harvesting honey from my backyard bee hives.

Author MichaelPosted on August 15, 2025August 15, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Hive Deadout & Wax Moth Damage

While I was out of commission dealing with my back, one of the bee colonies decided to swarm and then fully abscond, leaving a deadout hive.

Hive Deadout & Wax Moth Damage – July 2025

The colony in the white hive is gone. This is dealing with the aftermath of a deadout hive.

Author MichaelPosted on August 1, 2025August 9, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Queen Bee Replacement

Queen Bee Replacement

Replacing two queens in the apiary.

One colony has a feral queen and the other has an older queen that hasn’t been laying. Replacing both with new mated Italian queens from Olivarez.

Queen Bee Replacement – May 23rd, 2025

Replacing the queens in two hives

Author MichaelPosted on May 24, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Notebook LLM takes a look at my recent video

I ran my most recent bee video through NotebookLM to see what kind of podcast it would create.

NotebookLM turned a three minute video into a five minute podcast in seconds

Author MichaelPosted on May 20, 2025May 22, 2025Categories Beekeeping, Weblog

Moving swarm colony into a brood box

Moving the ladies out of the swarm trap and into a deep brood box.

Moving swarm colony into a brood box

The Pink Hive rises again Bee Hive Inspection – May 18th, 2025

Author MichaelPosted on May 20, 2025May 20, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Moving a bee swarm trap

More adventures in beekeeping.

A swarm moved into a a trap a few days ago. Moving them to the apiary where I can feed and inspect them.

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Moving a swarm trap into the apiary. A small swarm, but we’ll help them grow.

Author MichaelPosted on May 12, 2025May 12, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Bee Hive Inspection – May 8th, 2025

Today’s bee hive inspection

Bee Hive Inspection – May 8th, 2025

Short inspection of my backyard hives.

Author MichaelPosted on May 8, 2025May 8, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Bee hive inspection – April 7th, 2025

Did a short inspection of the hives yesterday.

Bee Hive Inspection – April 7th, 2025

A quick check on the hives as spring arrives.

Author MichaelPosted on April 8, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Bee Hive Inspection – March 9th, 2025

Bee Hive Inspection – March 9th, 2025

Brief hive inspection after some rain. Lots of brood means many more bees in the colony.

A short inspection of the hives. Be prepared, I say ‘brood’ a lot in this one.

Author MichaelPosted on March 10, 2025March 17, 2025Categories Beekeeping

Bee Hive Inspection

Author MichaelPosted on November 27, 2024December 9, 2024Categories Beekeeping

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